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May 8, 2014 at 22:09 comment added bain @mikuszefski You can get T42 wifi cards (pulled from broken T42s) for about $5 on ebay. The Atheros abg card with open source madwifi driver works great (tested on Ubuntu 12.04 and Debian Wheezy).
Apr 26, 2014 at 12:59 comment added chili555 If you decide to replace the card, please be aware of this: thinkwiki.org/wiki/…
Apr 26, 2014 at 12:54 comment added mikuszefski Good point. That's definitively an option. Little research also revealed that replacing the card is not too complicated. I'll evaluate which one is more convenient. At the moment it stays on cable.
Apr 25, 2014 at 12:26 comment added chili555 There are many USB wireless devices that can be bought for US$10-15. If you decide to do so, be sure to research Ubuntu compatibility carefully.
Apr 25, 2014 at 12:21 comment added mikuszefski Ok, I'll probably test it with WEP, but of course not keep it like this. The T42 is not worth the trouble for a newer device, so I'll let it work via cable then. However, still strange that it does not work without encryption and the eth1 and wifi0 in parallel still puzzles me.
Apr 24, 2014 at 12:30 comment added chili555 Exactly! You can't connect to WPA/WPA2 networks because the card/driver combination can't do it. The second interface was somewhat common in older cards and drivers, which the Aironet certainly is. As WEP is quite insecure, I suggest a newer device.
Apr 24, 2014 at 11:28 comment added mikuszefski Although, you might be correct anyway. nm-tool states that that the cards capabilities are WEP, if this is what you ment.
Apr 22, 2014 at 14:23 comment added mikuszefski It is not the encryption; even with no encryption, open network, it does not work.
Apr 22, 2014 at 14:09 comment added mikuszefski Yes, with sudo iwlist eth1 scan I see WPA and WPA2 networks.
Apr 22, 2014 at 13:01 comment added chili555 My suspicion is that the old Aironet not only doesn't do WPA2 but, at least in Linux, doesn't do WPA at all. When you scan, does it report any WPA networks?
Apr 22, 2014 at 12:26 comment added mikuszefski That gives eth1 unknown authentication information. Same on wifi0
Apr 22, 2014 at 0:40 comment added chili555 What does this tell us? sudo iwlist eth1 auth Thanks!
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